Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-04-30

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 30
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
40 vs last sale 18 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
14 vs last sale 6 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
7 vs last sale 3 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm compared to a light test. Slaughter Cattle sold weak compared to a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.11/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$135.11
20 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$32.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.85
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534141.6975616thin
Medium and Large 2474108.755154thin
One grade step is worth $32.94/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
135.11
UT average3 barns · 392 hd
120.26
+14.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage2,04568.491,4013thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53557.008751thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16550.6859115

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Cedar Livestock Auction - Cedar, UT
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462140.00/cwt140.00–140.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533127.91/cwt122.00–132.006828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,295959.78/cwt850.00–1,125.0012,4299
Bulls2,04568.49/cwt64.00–71.001,4013
BullsMedium and Large 1-277095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
Dairy SteersLarge 381569.21/cwt50.00–79.005643
Dairy SteersLarge 356663.84/cwt52.00–86.003615
Dairy SteersLarge 360055.00/cwt55.00–55.003301
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,51547.00/cwt47.00–47.007121
SteersMedium and Large 2493116.67/cwt110.00–124.005753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665128.84/cwt128.00–129.508573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535132.00/cwt132.00–132.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340149.00/cwt149.00–149.005071
SteersMedium and Large 241585.00/cwt85.00–85.003531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481157.34/cwt156.00–158.007573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560144.51/cwt131.00–151.008095
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640139.00/cwt139.00–139.008901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53557.00/cwt57.00–57.008751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06146.62/cwt44.00–49.004956
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23553.39/cwt50.00–56.006599
HeifersMedium and Large 2370110.50/cwt110.00–111.004092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402151.00/cwt151.00–151.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 2495114.00/cwt114.00–114.005641
Dairy SteersLarge 375569.50/cwt69.50–69.505253

How this sale compares

Utah weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Utah auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.